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Book Forest Restoration

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 51 pages

Download or read book Forest Restoration written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agencies GAO reviewedthe Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS) in the Department of the Interiorreported conducting 34 landscape-scale forest restoration projects (defined by GAO as projects larger than 50,000 acres with a focus on forests) from 2004 through 2014. The Forest Service reported conducting 24 of the 34 projects; BLM, 8; and NPS, 2. FWS reported no landscape-scale projects, and BIA officials stated that BIA supports but does not collect information on tribal landscape restoration projects. Agency officials said they determined the scope of individual projects, such as project area, based on factors unique to each project, such as the ecological composition of the land. The three agencies conducting landscape-scale forest restoration projects generally track the progress of individual projects by collecting information on ongoing activities such as acres where vegetation that can fuel wildland fires was reduced, and miles of stream improved or restored. No agency has undertaken a systematic assessment of the results of its landscape-scale restoration activitiesthat is, the extent to which the projects have achieved their restoration objectiveslargely because most of the projects were recently begun, and their results will not be known for years. However, all project managers GAO spoke with were conducting or planning to conduct efforts to collect information on long-term results, and some project managers noted that they have already observed some positive effects, such as an enhanced ability to suppress wildfires. Agency officials and stakeholders stated that to date they had experienced a variety of successes and challenges, and each agency has mechanisms to share information among projects. Successes included increasing the pace and scale of restoration and achieving efficiencies in project costs and timelines, and challenges included responding to litigation and sustaining stakeholder participation over time. Agencies share information on restoration through mechanisms such as webinars and websites on project management. However, many project managers and stakeholders told GAO that managers would benefit from additional information sharing, such as lessons learned from successes and challenges experienced on other projects. Several managers also said that existing national information-sharing mechanisms were not always the most useful for their specific information needs. GAO has reported on the importance of information sharing to achieve agency objectives and sustain collaboration. Agency officials stated that they have not assessed the information needs of project managers. By taking steps to identify the information needs of project managers and the mechanisms most useful for sharing information, the agencies may enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of landscape-scale projects. Agency officials and project managers told GAO they are taking steps aimed at increasing the efficiency of their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) processes for landscape-scale projects by updating agency NEPA guidance and implementing and assessing a variety of approaches aimed at efficiency. However, it is too early to assess the effects of these approaches because projects are generally working under previous NEPA decisions while developing new NEPA analyses using these approaches.

Book Forest Landscape Restoration

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Stanturf
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-11-28
  • ISBN : 9400753268
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Forest Landscape Restoration written by John Stanturf and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.

Book Shasta Trinity National Forest  N F    Pilgrim Vegetation Management Project

Download or read book Shasta Trinity National Forest N F Pilgrim Vegetation Management Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plumas National Forest  N F    Empire Vegetation Management Project

Download or read book Plumas National Forest N F Empire Vegetation Management Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Upper Truckee River Restoration and Golf Course Reconfiguration Project

Download or read book Upper Truckee River Restoration and Golf Course Reconfiguration Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation

Download or read book Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Merced Wild and Scenic River  Chapter 9

Download or read book Merced Wild and Scenic River Chapter 9 written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Review of Implementation of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003

Download or read book Review of Implementation of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Silvies Canyon Watershed Restoration Project

Download or read book Silvies Canyon Watershed Restoration Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Download or read book Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance written by United States. Office of Management and Budget and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

Book Wetland Creation and Restoration  Regional reviews

Download or read book Wetland Creation and Restoration Regional reviews written by Jon A. Kusler and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modoc National Forest  N F    Sage Steppe Ecosystem Restoration Strategy

Download or read book Modoc National Forest N F Sage Steppe Ecosystem Restoration Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Download or read book Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 1422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

Book Wetland Creation and Restoration

Download or read book Wetland Creation and Restoration written by Mary E. Kentula and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: